Travel + Leisure Thinks We’re Ugly
‘fugly duckling.’
courtesy of ‘JASON ANFINSEN’
As WTOP depressingly reported, DC was ranked as the sixth least attractive city in the nation by Travel + Leisure’s America’s Favorite Cities survey. This poor showing should come as a surprise to absolutely no one who has lived here for more than five minutes. As someone once told me, Washington is the Hollywood for ugly people. We’ve got a lot of power and gravitas, but good looks we do not.
We also didn’t score very well for style or friendliness, but won with flying colors for museums/galleries (#1), historical sites/monuments (#1) and cultural getaways (#2). So I guess that makes us ugly but interesting. We’re the “but (s)he has a great personality” of cities, if you will. Better than nothing, right?
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7 Responses to “Travel + Leisure Thinks We’re Ugly”
November 9th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Gotta love these articles. Wasn’t that long ago that I wrote up the post that said DC was the best looking city in the country.
http://www.welovedc.com/2010/02/02/dc-is-ridiculously-good-looking/
November 9th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I like my survey better because it justified my using a photo whose title is “Fugly Duckling.” Pretty sure that was the highlight of my blogging career.
November 9th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
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November 9th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Under “Microbrew Beer” we’re listed below Salt Lake City. I don’t think we need to worry about putting bags on our heads just yet….
November 9th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Weren’t we also recently ranked one of the fittest cities? We are a district of But’her Faces!
November 10th, 2010 at 12:00 am
T+L thinks DC’s full of ugly people? They’re looking at tourists LOL! Besides, it’s published by American Express. That bunch is no group beauty pageant contestants. Ever seen their editorial staff in real life (not their airbrushed photos)?
November 10th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Relax, we rank first in a well-being survey coming out today …